Prof. Yves Tiberghien, Prof. Heidi Tworek and MA Candidate Panthea Pourmalek call global data governance “fragmented and inadequate”
“Many economic frameworks and partnerships try to address small slices of the issue. But only very few people and companies, or even governments, can keep up with that many agreements and efforts… Ultimately, it is citizens who lose out — in their privacy, their human rights and their share of any potential benefits.”
Q&A with Prof. Katharina Coleman & Prof. Xiaojun Li on new book, “Token Forces”
What are token forces? How did they come about, and how should they be conceptualized? Written by UBC Political Science Profs. Katharina Coleman and Xiaojun Li, Token Forces: How Tiny Troop Deployments Became Ubiquitous in UN Peacekeeping defines, examines the rise of, and evaluates the significance of ‘token forces’ to UN peacekeeping missions.
Celebrating Professor Barbara Arneil’s appointment to the Royal Society of Canada
We are delighted to celebrate Professor Barbara Arneil’s appointment to the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Barbara Arneil is a world-renowned scholar of identity politics, feminist theory, and the history of political thought. Her research has forged innovative and enduring insights into the political consequences of imperialism, colonialism, and liberalism.
Op-Ed: Prof. Kathryn Harrison writes that LNG Canada is “bullying provincial and federal governments”
“LNG Canada’s project cleared federal and provincial environmental assessments in 2015. However, both levels of government still have options to ensure that this project only proceeds if it’s consistent with climate goals,” write Prof. Kathryn Harrison and colleague Karen Tam Wu.
Prof. Max Cameron discusses the tumultuous state of democracy in Peru
Prof. Cameron specifically mentioned Alberto Fujimori, who he says “had sold some property and bought a tractor, and drove around in this tractor with a trailer behind it, called it the Fujimobile, drove around the shantytowns of Peru, gathering popular support.”
Prof. Paul Quirk comments on Republican reelection of Chair Ronna McDaniel
“McDaniel has held the position by the grace of Donald Trump’s support,” says Prof. Quirk. “She has catered to his preferences on rules for delegate selection, the sharing of campaign funds, and other issues.”
Visiting Prof. Swaran Singh writes on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China
“While Washington appears to see hope for better ties under a new crop of Chinese leaders,” says Prof. Singh, “it’s not yet clear that Beijing sees the situation similarly.”
Op-Ed: Prof. Yves Tiberghien & MA Candidate Panthea Pourmalek ask, can elections survive the digital age?
“Studying the role of social media in elections in Brazil, the Philippines, South Korea and Kenya offers important lessons — among them, that policy makers should develop tailored solutions for these problems based on individual states’ contexts, rather than assuming one size fits all.”
“The conditions are ripe for this kind of violence,” says Prof. Max Cameron about recent unrest in Peru
“Increasingly, politics has been conducted by candidates who use parties as vehicles — parties allow you to get registration with the electoral authority and run for office, but they’re not real parties,” Prof. Cameron said.
Prof. Xiaojun Li’s research on Chinese public opinion of the West featured in South China Morning Post
Chinese people hold a much more favourable opinion of European countries than they do of the United States, Prof Xiaojun Li’s survey found.